28 April - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, on April 28, the day number in a year is 118 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 119. April 28 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.
April 28 in History - Top Historical Events
| Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
| 1253 | Nichiren, a Japanese monk, expounded Nam Myo?ho? Renge Kyo? for the first time and declared it to be the essence of Buddhism, in effect founding Nichiren Buddhism. |
| 1611 | The University of Santo Tomas in Manila, one of the oldest existing universities in Asia and one of the world's largest Catholic Universities in terms of enrollment, was founded. |
| 1740 | Maratha ruler Peshwa Bajirao I passed away. |
| 1788 | Mary Land became the seventh state to ratify the US Constitution. |
| 1788 | Maryland ratified the United States Constitution and the seventh U.S. The state was created. |
| 1789 | About 1,300 miles west of Tahiti, Fletcher Christian, master's mate on board the Royal Navy ship HMAV Bounty, led a mutiny against the ship's commander William Bligh. |
| 1847 | George b Vation became the first black citizen to go to New York court in the United States. |
| 1851 | Santa Clara College was founded in Santa Clara, California. |
| 1855 | The first Veterinary College in the US was incorporated in Boston. |
| 1883 | The first seven tournaments were played at Melrose RFC, Scotland. |
| 1887 | A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, Alsatian police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé was released on order of German Emperor William I, defusing a possible war. |
| 1910 | Frenchman Louis Paulhan won the London to Manchester air race, the first long-distance aeroplane race in England. |
| 1910 | In England, a pilot named Claude Graham White flew the aircraft for the first time at night. |
| 1914 | In the US, a coal mine accident in the Essels area of West Virginia killed 181 people. |
| 1923 | London's Wembley Stadium, then known as Empire Stadium, wasopened to the public for the first time and held the 1923 FA Cup Finalbetween Bolton Wanderers and West Ham United football clubs. |
| 1932 | It was announced to develop yellow fever vaccine for humans. |
| 1935 | The underground metro train started in Russia's capital Moscow. |
| 1944 | World War II-During Exercise Tiger, a large-scale rehearsal for the invasion of Normandy, German S-boats attacked an Allied convoy, killing 946 American servicemen. |
| 1949 | Former First Lady of the Philippines Aurora Quezon, her daughter, and ten bystanders were assassinated by the military arm of the Philippine Communist Party. |
| 1952 | Japan and China signed the Treaty of Taipei to officially end the Second Sino-Japanese War, seven years after fighting in that conflict ended due to World War II. |
| 1965 | Four days after the Dominican Civil War began, the United States invaded the country, aiming to prevent the development of what Lyndon Johnson saw as a possible second Cuban Revolution. |
| 1975 | Chief of the South Vietnamese army Cao Van Viên fled thecountry as the North Vietnamese closed in on Saigon. |
| 1992 | Birth of Kannada language litterateur Vinayak Krishna Gokak awarded with Jnanpith Award. |
| 1993 | Carlo Champ forms Italian government with ex-communists. |
| 1993 | Zambian plane crashes at Libreville, Gabon, 30 soccer players die. |
| 1994 | Former CIA counterintelligence officer and analyst Aldrich Ames Pleaded guilty to giving U.S. secrets to the Soviet Union and later Russia. |
| 1995 | Gas explosion in South Korean metro, 103 die. |
| 1995 | Sri Lankans BAE748 crashes at Palely, 52 die. |
| 1995 | 103 people killed due to gas explosion in metro in South Keria. |
| 2001 | Dennis Tito became the world's first fee-paying space tourist,riding the Russian Soyuz TM-32 spacecraft to the International Space Station. |
| 2001 | American businessman Dennis Anthony became the first space tourist. |
| 2002 | The Booker Prize was renamed the Man Prize for Fiction. |
| 2003 | Employee Safety and Health Day was observed all over the world, the same day workers who were killed during work are also remembered. |
| 2007 | Australia became the world champions for the fourth time after defeating Sri Lanka. |
| 2008 | The Indian Space Research Organization created a new history with PSLV-C9. |
| 2012 | In recognition of democratic reforms, the European Union opens an office in Burma. |
| 2012 | Syria accuses Ban Kin-moon, Secretary of the United Nations, of 'encouraging attacks on the government. |
| 2013 | The ambassador from the People's Republic of China is summoned by Japan's government after a flotilla of Chinese ships sail near the disputed Senkaku Islands. |
| 2014 | Microsoft identifies a security issue in Internet Explorer that can allow hackers to take control of personal computers using the browser; the flaw affects version 6 to 11 of the software. |
| 2014 | Dubai International Airport beat London Heathrow Airport in the first quarter of this year as the world's busiest international airport; Dubai Airport hopes to retain this position after a series of expansion projects are completed. |
| 2014 | FaceBook announces first-quarter profits of $642 million, an increase of nearly a factor of 3 over first-quarter profits in 2013, resulting in earnings of 25 cents per share versus the 17 cents per share expected by Wall Street. |
Famous Birthdays of April 28:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
| 1964 | Barry Larkin / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 1985 | Lucas Jakubczyk / Sprinter / Germany |
| 1921 | Simin Daneshvar / Author / Iran |
| 1937 | John White / Footballer / Scotland |
| 1889 | António de Oliveira Salazar / Politician / Portugal |
| 1902 | Johan Borgen / Author / Norway |
| 1941 | John Madejski / Business Man / United Kingdom |
| 1935 | Jimmy Wray / Politician / Scotland |
| 1948 | Marcia Strassman / Actress / United States of America |
| 1972 | Violent J / Rapper / United States of America |
| 1987 | Zoran Tošić / Footballer / Serbia |
| 1985 | Deividas Stagniūnas / Ice Dancer / Lithuania |
| 1954 | Vic Sotto / Actor / Philippines |
| 1941 | Lucien Aimar / Cyclist / France |
| 1952 | Mary McDonnell / Actress / United States of America |
| 1926 | Harper Lee / Author / United States of America |
| 1900 | Jan Oort / Academic / Netherlands |
| 1995 | Jonathan Benteke / Footballer / Belgium |
| 1545 | Yi Sun-sin / Commander / Korean |
| 1925 | John Leonard Thorn / Author / United Kingdom |
| 1964 | L'Wren Scott / Model / United States of America |
| 1956 | Jimmy Barnes / Writer / Australia |
| 1930 | Krishnaswamy Sundarji / Soldier / India |
| 1947 | Christian Jacq / Author / France |
| 1876 | Nicola Romeo / Engineer / Italy |
| 1988 | Katariina Tuohimaa / Tennis Player / Finland |
| 1929 | Bhanu Athaiya / Director / India |
| 1960 | Jón Páll Sigmarsson / Strongman / Iceland |
| 1974 | Richel Hersisia / Boxer / Netherlands |
| 1946 | Ginette Reno / Singer / Canada |
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Read in Hindi : 28 अप्रैल की प्रमुख ऐतिहासिक घटनाएं